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The Hammel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,146 people carried this name — #6,583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,886 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

237 people named Hammel live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 79
Solothurn 34
Bern 26
Aargau 21
Basel-Stadt 17
Vaud 9
Zurich 9
St. Gallen 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Hammel.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Haut-Rhin 27
Bas-Rhin 26
Paris 25
Somme 7
Vosges 5
Yvelines 4
Jura 4
Territoire de Belfort 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Hammel in American newspapers,
1908–1920.

Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Hammel
The Grenada Sentinel 1910-06-10
Newspaper page from The Commonwealth carrying the name Hammel
The Commonwealth 1908-11-06
Newspaper page from Bogalusa Enterprise And American carrying the name Hammel
Bogalusa Enterprise And American 1920-08-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,939 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hammel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Albert F. Hammel
    Albert F. Hammel 1835–1903 · businessperson
  • David Hammel
    David Hammel 1838–1928 · businessperson
  • Henning Hammel 1535–1602 · jurist
  • Anna Hammel 1557–1590 · housewife
  • Christian Joseph Hammel 1748–1805 · military officer
  • Anton Hammel 1857–1925 · engineer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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